Classic Les Paul DNA Meets Stunning Figured Maple
If you've ever picked up a late-'50s Les Paul—or just dreamed about it—this is the guitar Gibson built for you. The Les Paul Standard 50s Figured Top brings together everything that made those golden-era instruments legendary: a non-weight-relieved mahogany body with a carved maple top, a chunky 50s Vintage neck profile, and 22 medium jumbo frets on a bound Indian rosewood fingerboard. The 60s Cherry finish is a translucent custom color that really shows off the AA figured maple top, and the thin nitrocellulose lacquer lets the wood breathe and age naturally over time.
This is a guitar that feels substantial in your hands—no weight relief here, just solid mahogany delivering the kind of sustain and resonance Les Pauls are known for. The mahogany body and AA figured maple top deliver warmth and clarity, marked by the mammoth sustain that's defined the Les Paul since 1952. Whether you're digging into blues, rock, or anything in between, you'll find the tonal foundation you need.
The 50s Vintage neck profile is full and round—some call it a baseball bat neck, though it's not quite that extreme. If you like a neck that fills your hand and gives you something to grip, you'll be right at home here. It's built for players who want that old-school chunk without going full Custom Shop pricing.
Burstbucker Pickups That Nail the PAF Sound
The Burstbucker 1 and Burstbucker 2 pickups are loaded with Alnico 2 magnets, calibrated to recreate the warm midrange, lively highs, and transparent lows of early PAF-style humbuckers. These aren't just generic humbuckers—they're Gibson's take on recreating the sound of those original Patent Applied For pickups that set the standard back in the late '50s.
The Burstbucker pickups deliver an open, airy, and dynamic PAF-style punch. The neck pickup gives you smooth, warm tones perfect for jazz, blues, and lead work, while the bridge pickup has a slightly hotter output to balance things out and give you bite when you need it. They're wired to audio taper potentiometers and Orange Drop capacitors, so you get real tonal control from your volume and tone knobs—not just on/off switches.
The unpotted construction means these pickups breathe a little more, giving you that vintage responsiveness and articulation. You'll notice how they clean up when you roll back your guitar's volume, and how they respond to your picking dynamics. That's the whole point of PAF-style pickups—they're interactive, not just loud.
Hardware and Build Details That Matter
The guitar is equipped with an ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge, aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece, and Vintage Deluxe tuners with Keystone buttons. The ABR-1 is the classic-style Tune-O-Matic—the bridge that's been on Les Pauls since the beginning. It's simple, reliable, and does exactly what it's supposed to do: deliver great intonation and solid string-to-body contact for maximum sustain.
The scale length is 24.75 inches with a 12-inch fingerboard radius, and the nut width is 1.694 inches, made from GraphTech material. The bound Indian rosewood fretboard features acrylic trapezoid inlays, and Gibson's luthiers ensure precision Plek fretwork for clean playing up and down the neck.
The solid mahogany body has an AA figured maple top with a distinctive translucent custom color nitrocellulose lacquer finish that showcases the figured maple top. The neck joint is a set neck, glued in the traditional Gibson way for maximum tonal transfer. The hardware is nickel-finished, with gold Top Hat knobs and a cream pickguard. Every detail here is about staying true to the original formula while delivering modern consistency and playability.
Product Features:
- Body: Solid mahogany with AA figured maple carved top, no weight relief
- Neck: Mahogany set neck with 50s Vintage profile, 24.75" scale length
- Fingerboard: Bound Indian rosewood with 12" radius, acrylic trapezoid inlays, 22 medium jumbo frets
- Pickups: Burstbucker 1 (neck) and Burstbucker 2 (bridge) with Alnico 2 magnets
- Electronics: Hand-wired with Orange Drop capacitors, 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way toggle
- Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic with aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece
- Tuners: Vintage Deluxe with Keystone buttons, nickel hardware
- Finish: 60s Cherry translucent gloss nitrocellulose lacquer over figured maple
- Nut: 1.694" GraphTech
- Made in USA with Gibson hardshell case
Brand: Gibson
Model: Les Paul Standard 50s Figured Top
SKU: LPS500SCNH1
Condition: New
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